The Narendra Modi government is "trying to save the accused" in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged and demanded the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra after an SIT filed a charge sheet in the case.

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, that claimed eight lives, filed a charge sheet against 14 accused, including Ashish Mishra, the son of the Union minister of state for home. Of those named in the charge sheet, Ashish Mishra and 12 others have been arrested in the case.